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BENJAMIN W. DONALDSON, OFDIXFIELD, MAINE.

Lee... Patent No. 76,308, elated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVED MEDICINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it kno wn.that I, BENJA'EIIN' W. DONALDSON, of Dixfield, in the countyOxford, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Medicines; andI do hereby declare that the following is a. full' and exact description thereof.

My compoundof medicine is intended for the cure of consumption and other affections of the lungs, and

.has been found successful in my own case, and also in many cases of my friends who have used the same as matter of experiment.

I propose to call my medicine The consumptive-Balsam, and I prepare it substantially in the following manner: For :rsniall quantity of my compound, take a. quarter of" apound of the buds of the balm-of-Gilead tree, and soak the same in a mixture of a. pint of whiskey with a pint of ivater, during twelve hours. Then steep, but not boil, for one hour; then add half a. pintof molasses, and steep another hour. Now strain, and

put in a stoppered bottle, for use. i v

This medicine should be taken four times a dny, say one hour before each meahund also before going to bed. Smaller dose for children.

The hulm-of-Gilead buds inay be gathered in the fall, winter, or early spring, and should be used while fresh.

The proportions of the ingredients may be somewhat vairied without departing from'my invention, and other ingredients may also'beadded without destroying the effect of the medicine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- I The shore-described compound of medicine, prepared'substantielly in the manner set forth.

- BENJ. W. DONALDSON. Witnesses:

DANIEL BREED, Aus'rm B. PAIGE. 

